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The newest member of the legendary DC-9 family. Wow, Boeing tried to kill the DC-9 family in favor of the 737 family, but the DC-9 apparently refuses to die. And I'm glad.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Mike Boote
Thanks Gary.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
Thank you for compliments Gary. One day that aerobridge will have something against it!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
Thanks Gary.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
Thank you Gary.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
Blue Angels just took delivery of a couple of Super Hornets for testing.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Mark Kanzler
cool
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Jim Mitchell
Thank you Gary and Jesse.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
Will they do this festival this summer?
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Mark Kanzler
I'd love to go. Have family near Priest River, ID.
Does it make good toast?
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Mark Kanzler
As Lt Frank Drebbin says - 'Nice Beaver'.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
Those damned onions! Sth Oz Bunnings are good to go now too.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
Great photo. Interesting tail markings. Also, thanks for the good, comprehensive info.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
Another classic pic. Love the story!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
This was built as a C-47-DL for the USAAF in 1941. It arrived at Amberley (Qld) in January 1943 and was sold to the Dept Of Civil Aviation in July 1944.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
It was converted to an airliner and registered VH-AER 30 January 1945. It went into service with Trans-Australia Airlines October 1946 and between then and February 1983 it served with many carriers, even recovered from a crash. It was sold to McDonalds in March 1983 ending up as a dining room at McDonalds West Lakes (outside a shopping centre).
It was sold to a person in South Australia in 2000 but its current status isn’t known.
Full history : http://www.aussieairliners.org/dc-3/vh-aer/vhaer.html
This is the only photo I have of a TAA DC-9 in the original livery and it was taken on a Kodak Instamatic. I can’t be certain of the date (didn’t get into recording information until a bit later) but by this time, there weren’t too many TAA aircraft left in the old livery.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
I was on a bus tour holiday in Tasmania - you know, get up early, pack, rush breakfast and out the door to get on the road, rush from place to place and usually end up exhausted at the end of the day - happy days!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
We arrived in Wynyard with enough time to go exploring and I found the airport with this sitting there disembarking passengers. I’ve cropped it wider than usual to leave the well-dressed gentleman in the pic as he has an Ansett bag over his shoulder - remember airline bags?
While I was there TAA Fokker Friendship, VH-FNT arrived and yes, I’ve got photos of that.
I don’t think they’ve operated any 747-8 for British Airways in at least 4-5 years.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by masonite
I did a lot of walking around the airport finding various parked aircraft. Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this was at the old Qantas jet base. This is another photo taken on a Kodak Instamatic so the quality isn’t so great.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
Departing off runway 05 this is what should have been the Wednesday only weekly cargo flight from and to Singapore during coronavirus restrictions but when I arrived for the departure, found the aircraft at the passenger terminal rather than at a cargo bay.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gavin Hughes
The previous day’s flight was the regular Tuesday passenger flight so perhaps we may be getting two passenger services per week, albeit with not many passengers.
The afternoon temperature on the open concrete at the intersection of Alpha and 31L was in the high 90s, but the mercury quickly went way up when this F-35 and its companions positioned on 31L and lit up. And the temp stayed way, WAY up into triple digits at that location for awhile because the four F-35s were just the first four of a thirteen bird afternoon launch. It became so hot out there by the time the last warbird (a Tactical Air F-5) took off that when they were finally all gone and the air temp dropped back down into the upper 90s, it felt quite chilly. lol
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Gary Schenauer
Van Nuys!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Victor Vennari
I still remember seeing the B-52 fly in and out of Biggs Air Force Base, when it was a SAC Base,and over our barracks at Fort Bliss Army Base in 1958.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Wayne Parcell
Hi Chris Robey
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by andré belleau
Your french is good.
Nice shot, Allen! And the ICAO code should be: PP2
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Greg Byington
Stellar capture! Magic light!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Diana Rose
Gold tooth comment was great, gold fang would be perfect
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by cw3burke
Awesome photo, the subject fills the screen and gives you the feeling of flying.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by jim gevay
Not
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by John Yarno
Beautiful airplane; great setting. Excellent photo!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by adelma
Lake Gator, thanks for the link. That was quite the stunt.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by John Yarno
Awesome! The F-22's are perfectly aligned with the B-2's wing leading edge!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by adelma
Alan Hume: Please stop with the negativity. These particular machines were designed to STOP further killing and keep people free.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Linda Nitzschke
Great shot; nice livery!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by adelma
She’s a beauty!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Tammy Fein
Methinks both McDonnell and Boeing could have had a more profitable approach to the DC-9 legacy.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by skylab72
Love the FedEx 767s. Nice shot.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Michael Carden
Awesome!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Michael Carden
FA-18D 16-5414 USMC 2nd gen Hornet. Yes, not the third.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by skylab72
great picture of an awesome aircraft.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by bellamyst
Don't see that often, nice catch.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by rwb2112
Gavin, I saw that about Bunnings but just certain areas, NT & Taz. for now, watch out for dropped onions.;)
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by rwb2112
The engines are Rolls Royce RB211.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by rwb2112
Love that bird! It has literally the most reliable round motor going, the venerable R-985.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by skylab72
Ah, returning home. That explains the empty rails and back seat. Great capture.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Michael Carden
Excellent livery indeed!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Michael Carden
The engines seem to have a by-pass shroud that goes all the way aft. It makes the perspective look small compared to those with large frontal by-pass rings. I have not kept up with 747 engine options, but the winglets look very dash400.
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by skylab72
Nice!
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Mark Hanneman
Beautiful airplane
Written on 2020年 07月 10日 by Felix Meza
